The Punjab minister said that the Narendra Modi government has not been mean to the state of Punjab. But unfortunately, Manpreet Singh Badal said, the state has not been able to convince the Modi government that Punjab has been damaged. Manpreet Singh Badal said that Punjab has been structurally damaged by the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

GST is a big step in good direction. GST has worked to bring small business and medium businesses to the realm of calculation. We did have some problems in the initial days, but in the coming days, the big advantage of this will start getting everyone, Sunil Kant Munjal said.

On being asked what Punjab has done for the start-ups in the IT sector, state's IT Minister Vijay Inder Singla said that the start-up journey of Punjab, which flagged off on February 6, went to every corner of the state to connect the youth with the IT start-ups.

Experts at the State of the State Conclave Punjab explained the number of issues including teacher recruitment problems and Punjab’s large migrant population which could have led to such dismal figures.